Elizabeth Tisdahl

Chicago's Nepalese community held a fundraiser Sunday as part of a broader campaign to raise $75,000 this month to aid rebuilding efforts after a recent earthquake that killed thousands and displaced millions more. The Nepali American Center organized Sunday afternoon's fundraiser at Mt. Everest Restaurant in Evanston, just over a week after the magnitude-7.8 quake struck in Nepal. Sunday's event resulted from strategy sessions that local Nepalese organizations held in the quake's immediate aftermath. More fundraisers are planned. Proceeds will go to the Non-Resident Nepali Association, an organization with dozens of volunteers on the ground in Nepal, said Ramakant...

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